Equipment Principle:

With the availability of variety of equipments for handling and movement of materials, it is some time necessary to define certain principles to guide the material handling engineers.

a. Choose proper equipment for the job.

b. Integrate the equipments into the plant handling systems.

c. Coordinate the operations of material handling.

d. Reduce terminal time of power units.

e. Prefer flexible equipment.

Costing Principle

Basic factors of costing principle are following:

a. Engineers should be aware of handling costs.

b. Equipments with less overall handling cost having effective strength must be preferred.

c. Amortize equipments within a reasonable length of time.

The above mentioned principles have been evolved to ensure an efficient handling of materials.